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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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Anyone know of where there are pics of a W-12 or even a W-16 engine? I mean out of the car, I saw a shot of a W-12 in a Bently on Motorweek, but that was with it in the car (naturally). I'd love to see pics of one out of the car, say on a stand or something, without those plasic engine covers they all have w/ the engine in the car.

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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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Cool, that's what I was looking for, thanks. It's different than I would have expected. I assumed there was a bank of 4 cylinders that stands vertical with 2 banks of 4 cylinders on both sides of it (like the traditional V engines).

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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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think of this, take an inline 6 and smush it together so that the cylinders stagger and you have a narrow angle V6. Take a V12 and do the same thing and you have 2 narrow angle V6s to make the W12
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two vw VR6s side connected at the crank. woot
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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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That is cool looking.
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by WarrenW,Jan 6 2007, 05:35 PM
Anyone know of where there are pics of a W-12 or even a W-16 engine? I mean out of the car, I saw a shot of a W-12 in a Bently on Motorweek, but that was with it in the car (naturally). I'd love to see pics of one out of the car, say on a stand or something, without those plasic engine covers they all have w/ the engine in the car.

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eh, you just watch that show because it's filmed in owings mills.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 06:53 AM
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oh yea baby.. quad turbos ftw



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